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The Georgian Interior Ministry called on demonstrators to stop gathering on the roadway

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On November 19, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia called on demonstrators to stop gathering on the roadway.

"For the past two days, a meeting/demonstration has been taking place in the area of Chavchavadze Avenue and Varaziskhevi, where the roadway is fully occupied and various types of structures for artificial road blocking are placed. <...> We call on the participants of the meeting/demonstration to vacate the adjacent territory of Chavchavadze Avenue and Varaziskhevi from artificially erected structures, stop demonstrating on the roadway and protest within the framework established by law," Georgian TV channel Mtavar quoted the statement of the agency as saying.

The TV channel also reported that a special detachment of the Interior Ministry started dispersing the rally, completely cleared Chavchadze Avenue and pushed the demonstrators back to Melikishvili Avenue, where opposition leaders are located.

It is specified that the special detachment used water cannons. And in order to remove the barricades of minibuses, evacuators were used.

Earlier, on November 18, the International Secretary of the Solidarity for Peace Party Mamuka Pipia told Izvestia that Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili's statements about the election results violate the country's Constitution and indicate her desire to organize a revolution.

On the same day, the Georgian president did not recognize the election results and called for a new vote. According to her, the country is on the path of destabilization and dual power. She called on the citizens of the state to continue protests against the results of the parliamentary elections.

On November 16, the head of Georgia's Central Election Commission Giorgi Kalandarishvili signed the final protocol of the parliamentary elections. According to the final results, the ruling Georgian Dream party won with 53.93% of the vote and won 89 out of 150 seats in parliament. More than 2.1 million people out of 3.5 million citizens with the right to vote participated in the voting. Some 34,900 ballots were invalidated.

On November 13, the Georgian Dream party submitted evidence of violations by the opposition during the parliamentary elections to the prosecutor's office. It became known on November 1 that the party was going to hand over evidence of theft of votes by the opposition to the Prosecutor's Office. Later, on November 6, the ruling party said that more than 400 such cases were revealed.

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on October 26. According to the Central Election Commission of the republic, Georgian Dream won. At the same time, three opposition political forces - United National Movement, Coalition for Change and Strong Georgia - refused to recognize the election results.

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